Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-16
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE VOLUNTEER IN FIRST In the Racing Trip to
 Newport. THE THISTLE SPOKEN AT SEA. A Swindler Works 8 Big
 Field. A CRUSHING BLOW TO T0RYISM. 1 Irish Tenants Putting Up
 Barricades.
"A CRUSHING BLOW TO TORYISM
Irish Tenants Putting Up
 Barricades.
THE VOLUNTEER AGAIN WINS.

THE VOLUNTEER AGAIN WINS
 A Pretty Race i'm Which The New
 Sloop Runs Away From Her Rivals The MayhoWer Makes a Poor ! Showing and Is Beaten By The | Sachem.
 | NEWPORT, R. l., Aug. 15 (on board the
 Electra. "A steady breeze was blowing at
 Vineyard Haven at 9 o'clock this morning,
 removing all fears of postponement of to-
 days race. At eight bells gun was fired
 from the Electra announcing the certainty
 ot the start, and the squadron began active preparations. In few minutes every yacht had up her mainsail, followed quickly by
 working topsail and club topsails. The
 race for second class sloops was abandoned, leaving only the flyers Volunteer, Mayfower
 and Puritan to compete for the prize. The ! May1ower was the first to get under way, l followed by the Puritan and Volunteer. They | left their moorings at 9:15 o'clock and started | around East Chop for the best places. Be- I sides the crowds which blackend the shore a large excursion party witnessed the man0u- yres from the steamer Island Home. Five
 minutes before the start every racer was east of the line, every sail spread under fine
 southwest breeze, the squadron rounding up
 rapidly and gracefully. Commodore Gerry was on the bridge with his detective camera taking negatives of the beautiful panorama.
 When the signal was given the yachts were off in the following order: Mayfower at 10:01:14, Sachem at ,10:01:41, Volunteer at 10:01:4S, Magic at 10:02:22, Halcyon at 1O:O3:45, Puritan at 1O:03:55, Norseman at 1O:O4:2O. Palmer at 10:O5:02. The Allan 1 tic fully three miles away at the | start. The Resolute declined to risk conclu- I sions with the other first class schooners. The Puritan at the start was using her jib ! topsail to shorten the gap between herself l and the leaders. The Sachem is we'll used to I these waters and led her class bravely across l the line and looked as though she was deter | mined to show them the way to Newport | even without time allowance which she had | declined from her larger contestants. After ! crossing all the starters were sailing under port tack with splendid breeze filling their | canvas and giving promise that the yachts would reach Newport by 3 p. m. The Vol unteer and Maydower ran neck and neck for mile, when the former went by her rival in fine style, leaving the order of the sloops thus: Volunteer, Mayhower and Puritan.
 At that time the two schooners changed l their tack, tacking across the Sound to the north shore of the Vineyard, the Sachem l leading the Magic second, Norseman third, 1 Palmer and Halcyon following. The Puritan was rapidly closing up on the Mayhower. At 10:39 the Volunteer changed about for a l windward beat and at 10.41:30 the Mayf1ower rounded three hundred yards behind theVol- unteer and at 10:44 the Puritan was obliged to take the same tack at the same distance behind her predecessor The wind was in- cressing and blew ten knots an hour, in which the Volunteer standing and maintaining her lead splendidly. The Sach- \ em continued her lead over her class pursued by the Magic, while the Palmer, Norseman and Halcyon were racing across against the | wind. The Volunteer was now gain ing handsomely and at 10:55 when she resumed the port tack was quarter of mile from the Mavfower, while the Puritan had nearly overtaken the latter. The gain which the Volunteer made in this short dis- tance is regarded phenomenal. At this | time the Sachem had changed to the star board tack and was showing good wlndward ! Magic, which was three quarters of mile to leeward. At II o'clock the Puritan walked close to the Mayfower which seemed to move very poorly, while the Volunteer was turned about to windward, to avoid the strong tides which prevail in the middle grounds off Lambert's Cove. It took the Puritan fifteen minutes to overhaul the Mayfiower and it was 11:16 before clear water could be seen between them. The Mayfower swung about at 11:20, hoping to cut off the Puritan which continued two minutes longer on the same tack, when she came about bravely and to windward of 1 her opponent. The Volunteer seemed to watch the other two flyers and at II :15 came before the wind sailing parallel to them and at least mile ahead. The Puritan thorough | ly outsailed the Mayfower at this point, leaving several hundred yards of clear water between them. From off Gay Head to the finish the Mayfower kept dropping off to leeward and at Qu1ck's Hole was so far in the bay that an extra windward work was neces- sary to put her on 8 straight ticket to Cutty- hunk and Sow and Pigs ightship to the fin ish. This move was dead loss of three l minutes in which the Puritan shot far ahead and the Sachem, which press ing close, crossed her bows and obtained a lead which the unfortunate Mayaower was unable to regain.
 At 1:52 D. m. the Electra was anchored at one end of the finish line. Every eye was fixed upon the Volunteer as she grandly sailed toward the flagship, leaning as she sell dom leans and running at her best. But for all her beauty and speed it was 2:05:45 before Captain Kortright called out "Now" and cannon and whistle saluted the victor She then hove to and watched and Gen. Paine, ! watch in hand, recorded the time of Puritan as she crossed the line. Assured of success the l Volunteer made for the harbor. The Puritan crossed the line at 2:18:32, and the Sachem at 2:24:59, nearly two minutes ahead of the Mayfower. The following table tells the story:
 FIRsT-CLAss sLooPs.
 Start Finish. lime. Time Volunteer Io:61:ls H so54 a z:os5s 4oss5 Puritan .. 10:63:55 .:Is:32 4:14:37 11:G7 Mayiower .... 10:07:ld 3 26:57 4:25:4s 424:24